Coventry duo scaling new heights for orphaned kids

A COVENTRY businessman is spearheading a quest to raise more than £10,000 for charity by urging people to visit social networking website Facebook. 23-year-old Coventry entrepreneur Riz Navsarka has set up a Facebook group in response to cousin Haroon Mota’s...

‘Sanjay Leela Bhansali is a Living Legend’

Salman Khan on Sanjay, Saawariya & being a StarSalman Khan is to Bollywood like Brad Pitt is to Hollywood – a star through and through. When he worked alongside Sanjay Leela Bhansali in the 1999 romantic drama ‘Hum Dil...

Calls to abolish Pakistan death penalty

AMNESTY International UK and the Parliamentary All Party Panjabis in Britain Group will hold a vigil outside the Pakistan High Commission in central London to voice their concerns over the continuing use of the death penalty in Pakistan. The vigil,...

First National Forced Marriage Helpline Launched

A NEW national helpline for victims of forced marriage and honour-based violence, part-funded by the Forced Marriage Unit, has been launched today by Home Office Minister Vernon Coaker. The 'Honour Network', run by the Derby-based charity Karma Nirvana is...

Dr Phil Dyer talks about Ovarian Cancer

Monthly Health with Heartlands HospitalEach year, about 7000 women in the UK are diagnosed with ovarian cancer. The cause of cancer of the ovary is unknown. However, it is more common in women who have not had children; although...

One Game One Community

The Footballer with Sunny SahotaWELCOME back to the BCFA’s column which outlines the proactive work that we are carrying out in The West Midlands and Warwickshire to increase the number of Asians into the game and highlight the Asian community’s...

Gandhi concert to ‘promote peace’

A CONCERT promoting the non-violent teachings of Mahatma Gandhi is set to take place this weekend in London. The Gandhi Tour Benefit Concert will see an array of performers take to the stage this Saturday at London’s historical Kingsley...

Security concern hits India South Africa Test

Threat made by banned Indian group, say reportsPOLICE in India have beefed up security ahead of the vital third Test between India and South Africa this Friday after it was reported a banned Indian fundamentalist group threatened an attack...

Islamic Art sets record at Sotheby’s

A KEY to the Ka’ba in Mecca, Islam’s most holiest site, sold for £9.2 million as part of an auction of Islamic Art that broke records at London’s Sotheby’s yesterday. The 800-year-old 12th-century iron key, thought to be the second-earliest...

Two jailed in Pakistan kidnapping case

TWO men have been jailed for their part in the kidnapping of a man in Pakistan. Masood Sarwar, 51, from London, and Rehmat Awan, 55, from Bradford, were convicted at Leeds Crown Court for their part in the gun-point...

Student raises awareness of gun dangers

A LONDON student is hoping to raise awareness of the dangers of guns after completing a short film on the subject. 19-year-old Anup Baria, a student at the Ealing and West London College, took to the streets armed with...

7/7 film to be released in Summer

All-star cast head Jag Mundhra’s Shoot on SightTHE first cinema release to deal with the 7/7 London suicide bombings will be release in the UK this summer. Shoot on Sight, the hotly awaited new work from director Jag Mundhra,...